Recommendations for the design and deployment of MOOCs: Insights about the MOOC Digital Education of the Future deployed in Miríadax
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The document provides recommendations for the design and deployment of MOOCs based on insights from the MOOC "Digital Education of the Future" offered on the MiríadaX platform. It discusses recommendations in areas such as selecting an appropriate platform, defining the course structure and content/activities, handling course logistics, accreditation, use of social components, evolving the course over time, and maintaining student engagement. The recommendations are intended to help instructors effectively create and deliver high-quality MOOC experiences for students.
Recommendations for the design and deployment of MOOCs: Insights about the MOOC Digital Education of the Future deployed in Miríadax
- 1. Recommendations for the design and deployment of MOOCs: Insights about the MOOC “Digital Education of the Future” deployed in MiríadaX Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Mar Pérez-Sanagustín, Carlos Delgado-Kloos, Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino calario@it.uc3m.es Salamanca, 1st October 2014
- 2. Digital Education of the Future Overview - Duration: 9 weeks - Platform: - Language: Spanish - 5 teachers and TAs (+ 1 facilitator) - Field: Educational technologies - Module 1: Human Computer Interaction - Module 2: Mobile learning - Module 3: New trends in education
- 3. Digital Education of the Future Structure
- 4. Structure of a week Example of video lecture Built-in social tools Digital Education of the Future Screenshot
- 5. Digital Education of the Future Some data Profiles Social engagement
- 6. Digital Education of the Future Some more data
- 8. Design 1. Selection of the platform To choose the platform based on • Institutional agreements • Target learners
- 9. Design 2. Course structure http://www.flickr.com/photos/miserychick/4877939902 To study the platform constraints before creating the course structure and the learning materials To follow a homogeneous structure and to distribute the workload among different teachers To define a flexible assessment structure so that latecomers can join To create an attractive “About Video”
- 10. Design 3. Course contents and activities http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Timeless_Books.jpg To create original video lectures (5-10 minutes) explaining the concepts easily and clearly To choose charismatic teachers as the main actors in video lectures To combine videos of different types and provide guidelines with examples to support teachers
- 11. Design 4. Course logistics http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybrarian77/6284181389 To be aware of the time required for creating and uploading the materials leaving enough time for subtitling and testing To plan a schedule with the availability of teachers and institutional resources, sending regular progress reports To define a “course manager” that supports and coordinates all the stakeholders
- 12. Design 5. Accreditation http://www.flickr.com/photos/gccommunication/3615063712 To define from the beginning the type of recognition people will get if passing the course
- 13. Design 6. Social components http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/146826910 To promote social learning through different kinds of social tools
- 14. Deployment 7. Evolution of the course To keep a record of problems (and solutions) and share it with the different stakeholders
- 15. Deployment 8. Engagement http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Winter_2004_DreamHack_LAN_Party.jpg To maintain a high activity in social tools To send weekly notifications to the students To detect “leaders” and “trolls” in social tools